21st Pennsylvania Cavalry Monument, (sculpture).

21st Pennsylvania Cavalry Monument, (sculpture).

Elwell, Frank Edwin, 1858-1922, sculptor.

John Ferguson (Firm), fabricator.

21st Pennsylvania Cavalry Monument, (sculpture).

Twenty-first Pennsylvania Cavalry Monument, (sculpture).

Dedicated Oct. 5, 1893. Erected Nov. 22-28, 1893.

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Sculpture: granite with bronze reliefs; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. 9 ft. x 3 ft. 2 in. x 3 ft. 2 in.; Base: approx. W. 5 ft. x D. 5 ft.

(On horse relief:) EDWIN ELWELL (On front:) 21ST PENNA/CAVALRY/NEAR THIS SPOT ON JUNE 26TH 1863 FELL/PRIVATE GEORGE W. SANDOE/AN ADVANCE SCOUT OF A COMPANY OF VOLUNTEER CAVALRY/AFTERWARDS CO. B 21ST PENNSYLVANIA CAVALRY/THE FIRST UNION SOLDIER KILLED AT GETTYSBURG/ (On right:) ORGANIZED AT HARRISBURG, PA. FEB. 1864./MUSTERED OUT JULY 8, 1865./TOTAL ENROLLMENT, 1,724/KILLED OFFICERS 1 MEN 49/DIED OF WOUNDS OFFICERS 1 MEN 24/DIED OF DISEASE OFFICERS 1 MEN 93/CAPTURED OFFICERS 1 MEN 32/WOUNDED OFFICERS 12 MEN 196/MISSING OFFICERS 3 MEN 22/TOTAL OFFICERS 19 MEN 416 (On left:) ORGANIZED AT HARRISBURG, PA. JUNE 23, AUGUST 1, 1863./MUSTERED OUT FEB. 20, 1864./TOTAL ENROLLMENT, 1,117/KILLED MEN 3/CAPTURED MEN 1/DIED OF DISEASE MEN 17/TOTAL 21 (On rear:) FRONT ROYAL/MT. JACKSON/HARRISONBURG/COLD HARBOR BELLEFIELD/JERUSALEM PLANK ROAD HATCHER'S RUN/PETERSBURG DINWIDDIE COURT HOUSE/WELDON RAILROAD FIVE FORKS/POPULAR SPRING CHURCH AMELIA SPRINGS/BOYDTON ROAD SAILOR'S CREEK/STONEY CREEK STATION FARMVILLE/APPOMATTOX signed

Monument consists of a polished sphere finial to which is affixed a high relief of a horse's head. The finial stands on a tiered pedestal and base. A square relief of the Pennsylvania State Seal is affixed to the front face.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Animal -- Horse

Homage -- Sandoe, George W.

Occupation -- Military -- Private

Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Gettysburg

Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia

Administered by Gettysburg National Military Park, 97 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325

Located Gettysburg National Military Park, East side of Baltimore Pike, north of Granite Schoolhouse Lane, south of Colgrove Avenue, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325

Formerly in the collection of State of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

Monument is one of 110 honoring Pennsylvania troops who participated in the Gettysburg campaign. It indicates the spot where Private George Sandoe of the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry was killed on June 26, 1863, making the first Union soldier killed at Gettysburg. The sculpture (referred to as MN 355) is listed on the National Park Service List of Classified Structures and is referenced in the Gettysburg National Military Park Archives, vol. 36. IAS files include a portion of a National Park Service, Mid-Atlantic Region, Classified Structure Field Inventory Report which lists the "State of Pennsylvania and the Regimental Association" as the previous owner.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.

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